PWS-51

PWS-51 was a Polish high-performance trainer aircraft designed and built by Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów (PWS) in the late 1930s. It was intended as an advanced trainer for fighter pilots.

The PWS-51 was a low-wing monoplane of mixed construction, featuring a wooden wing and a steel-tube fuselage covered in fabric. It was powered by a single Gnome-Rhône 7K Titan Major radial engine. The aircraft had a tandem cockpit arrangement for the instructor and student.

The design was a development of the earlier PWS-33 Wyżeł, attempting to improve upon its performance and handling characteristics. Prototypes were constructed, but further development and production were likely hampered by the outbreak of World War II and the subsequent German invasion of Poland in 1939. The exact number of PWS-51 aircraft built is uncertain, and it's unlikely they saw operational service. Information and documentation regarding the PWS-51 are limited due to the destruction of records during the war. Its main contribution was as an attempt to modernize pilot training in Poland prior to the war.